by Jim Crowder | Jun 19, 2012 | HOUSING MARKET
Though builder confidence rose just one point in June, it is now at its highest level since May of 2007. The National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index measures builders’ perceptions of the market for newly built, single-family homes on a scale...
by Jim Crowder | Jun 18, 2012 | HOUSING MARKET
Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index, which began daily tracking in January of 2008, measures Americans’ confidence in current economic conditions and their expectations for the economy’s performance going forward. In May, the index recorded its...
by Jim Crowder | Jun 15, 2012 | HOUSING MARKET
Adding to a number of recent home price reports showing increasing values, CoreLogic’s April Home Price Index finds national values on the rise. Including distressed sales, prices were up 2.2 percent in April over March and, compared to April 2011, prices...
by Jim Crowder | Jun 14, 2012 | HOUSING MARKET
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Applications Survey, total mortgage loan application volume surged 18.0 percent last week, reaching its highest level since May 2009. The sharp increase was due, in part, to the Memorial Day adjustment in...
by Jim Crowder | Jun 13, 2012 | HOUSING MARKET
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released their May Housing Scorecard, which collects key market data and tracks the administration’s recovery efforts. According to the May scorecard, recent market data...
by Jim Crowder | Jun 12, 2012 | HOUSING MARKET
Each month, Fannie Mae’s National Housing Survey polls more than 1,000 Americans to assess their attitudes toward homeownership, renting, the economy, household finances, mortgage rates, and overall consumer confidence. In May, the survey found Americans hopeful...
